Fairways & Greens - Minnesota

Mississippi Dunes Golf Links - Redemption By Seamus McGee The question in Minnesota golf throughout last summer was, "What in the heck is going on at Mississippi Dunes?" A gallery of avid golfers moaned in that, "Doc has a bulldozer and end...

A Players Course - StoneRidge Golf Club By Rhett Arens There are those rounds we play where it feels like your sitting down to a blah, franchise type meal at a mall near you. I won't name names. And then there are those rounds where you feel...

Having It Both Ways At Territory Golf Club By Rhett Arens Somewhere between the rolling berm meadows of an Irish countryside and the deep northern woods of upstate New York lies the Territory Golf Club. You will know the exact moment when the...

A Wee Bit Of Scotland At The Links At NorthFork By Rhett Arens This golf course is the rare combination of a quality-minded set of course conditions with an attitude that is more akin to casual play. Think about it. Many of the courses that...

Play At Majestic Oaks Golf Club Year-Round By Tim Cotroneo It's easy to get drawn into the allure of Majestic Oaks Golf Club. Maybe it's how each employee greets you and asks how you can be helped. Maybe it's the lush green ambiance pulsating...

Cedar Creek - "Up A Creek" By E. Nolan "Up a creek" usually means trouble. Look up this Creek though (Cedar Creek) and you'll find a whole lot of good things. (Okay...and maybe a little trouble.) The northwest metroburbs of Minneapolis are ripe...

Chominix Golf Course - Better Than Ever By Steve Manthis About six weeks ago I hit one of those milestone birthdays. All birthdays that end with a "0" are major markers in a person's life, but this one, the big 5-0, hit me pretty hard. I don't...

Elk River Golf Club - Top Of The World By E. Nolan Have you ever been to the top of the world? And no, I don't mean the Arctic. I mean Elk River, Minnesota. How and why is that the top of the world? Because the sign says so (Look at Google...

Fox Hollow - Plenty To Crow About By E. Nolan I was on the bus with a complete stranger (about thirty of them in fact) heading to the Warriors/Wolves NBA game, when the guy nodded at me and asked. "You ever played Fox Hollow up here?" I'm...

Pebble Creek Golf Club - Something For Everyone By Steve Manthis We've all got our wish lists when it comes to courses we'd like to play. I've been lucky enough to play some great courses, but there are many others where I haven't had the...

Purple Hawk Country Club - North Soar By E. Nolan I've never seen a purple hawk I didn't like. It's an odd thing to think, and an odd thing to say, but when I first heard of Purple Hawk Country Club I had so many questions and one of them just...

Riverwood National - Who New? By E. Nolan What is the newest golf course in the Twin Cities metro? (Not including renovations.) Any clue? I didn't know. I had no idea it was Riverwood National, but the "like new" course conditions should've...

Ramsey County Golf - Diversity Of Greatness By E. Nolan Ramsey County, with just over half a MILLION residents, is the second most populated county in Minnesota. We're going to assume that most of those people feel lucky to live there (the Twin...

ROYAL GOLF CLUB MAKES THE CORRECT DECISION By R.J. Smiley The 18 hole Championship Golf Course at the Royal Golf Club will not be open until the spring of 2018. The public is welcome to enjoy Arnie's, a steakhouse restaurant, the Short Course,...

Southern Hills Golf Course - A Statement In Super By E. Nolan There are courses you love that you could play every day. Southern Hills is that kind of course for many metro golfers (north, south, east and west). The 18-hole, Par 71 championship...

The Wilds Golf Club - Minnesota's Crown Jewel For Tournament Golf By Tim Cotroneo Pick a day in the spring, summer, or fall, and it's 50-50 there's a tournament going on at The Wilds Golf Club in Prior Lake, MN. In the months of July, August,...